Improvement in apparatus for vaporizing and burning hydrocarbons



SAMUEL J. WHITING.

Improvement in Apparatus for vaporizing and Burning Hydrocarbons.

No. 127,723, Patentedluneihi87 2.

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SAMUEL J. WHITING, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

IMPROVEMENT lN APPARATUS FOR VAPORIZING AND BURNING I-lYDROCARBONS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 127,723, dated June 11,1872.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SAMUEL J. WHITING, of city and county ofPhiladelphia and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in Apparatus for Vaporizin g Hydrocarbons; and I do herebydeclare the following to be a clear and exact description of the naturethereof, sufficient to enable others skilled in the art to which myinvention appertains to fully understand, make, and use the same,reference being had to the accompanying drawing making part of thisspecifica tion, in which-- Figure l is a side view of the device,illustrating my invention. Fig. 2 is a central longitudinal sectionthereof.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the twofigures. This invention relates to apparatus for vaporizinghydrocarbons. It consists in the combination and construction of theparts of the apparatus whereby a portion of steam from one pipe acts asan injector, and another portion thereof acts as an auxiliary jet.

Referring to the drawing, A represents the body of the apparatus, to therear end of which are attached the steam-pipe B and oilpipe 0, andhaving at the front end the exitnozzle D. The body A is constructed withan internal longitudinal partition, E, forming distinct passages, F G,and in said partition,

near its rearend, is an opening, H.

' The oil-pipe communicates with the passage G, which I denominate thegenerator; and the steam-pipe communicates with the passage F, which Idenominate the auxiliary steam-pipe or jet. The opening H in thepartition E is so located that the steam-pipe B will also communicatewith the generator or passage G. Steam is admitted to the apparatusthrough pipe 13, and a portion of it pass es into the passage F, andanother portion enters the generator G through the opening H. Oil isdirected to the generator through the pipe 0. The steam which isinjected into the generator acts on the oil therein. The vapor formedthereby is directed to the nozzle D, where the portion of the steamwhich passes through the passage F comes in contact with said vapor anddilutes it, whereby the vapor is perfected or improved, and forciblyejected from the apparatus, and thereby adapted to be directed tolocalities remote from the generator.

By my invention the usual tendency of hy- 4 drocarbons to carbonize isovercome, and heavy oils may be vaporized.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure byLetters Patent, is

1. The steam-pipe, body, and oil-pipe, constructed and combined so thata portion of the steam acts as an injector, and another portion thereofacts as an auxiliary jet, as set forth.

2. The body A having a longitudinal partition E, forming two passages, FGr, in connection with the opening H in said partition, the oil-pipe C,and the steam-pipe B, communicating with the two passages, substantiallyas and for the purpose described.

The above specification of my invention signed by me this 3d day ofApril, 1872.

SAML. J. WHITING.

Witnesses:

JOHN A. WIEDERsHEIM, ALFRED O. SAVIDGE.

